YouTube Money Calculator
Estimate how much a YouTube channel earns from ads per day, month and year. Type in views and RPM, or look up any channel to start from its real numbers. A free YouTube earnings calculator, no signup.
Start from a channel's real numbers (optional)
Per day
$3 - $17
Per month
$100 - $500
Per year
$1,200 - $6,000
Estimate of ad revenue only, in US dollars. Real earnings depend on the audience's country, the topic and how many views show ads.
Free, no account needed. Results are estimates, not payouts.
How it works
- Optional: paste a channel URL, @handle or video to fill in that channel's monthly views from its latest uploads.
- Or type the monthly views yourself.
- Set the RPM range: what a creator keeps per 1,000 views after YouTube's share. $1 to $5 is a common starting range for long videos.
- Read the estimated earnings per day, month and year.
What people use it for
Set a goal
See how many monthly views you need to reach the income you want.
Price a sponsorship
Compare what a channel makes from ads with what a sponsor is offering for one video.
Compare channels
Get a rough idea of what channels in your niche earn from their views.
Need view data for many channels?
To pull channel details and the view counts of latest uploads for many channels from code, use the public API.
YouTube Money Calculator FAQs
How much does YouTube pay per 1,000 views?
It varies a lot. What a creator keeps per 1,000 views (RPM) is often between $1 and $5 for long videos, higher in topics like finance or software and in countries where ads cost more, and much lower for Shorts. The calculator lets you set your own range.
What is the difference between RPM and CPM?
CPM is what advertisers pay per 1,000 ad views. RPM is what the creator actually earns per 1,000 video views, after YouTube's share and counting views that showed no ad. RPM is lower than CPM, and it is the number to use here.
How is a channel's monthly views estimated?
It adds up the views of the videos the channel posted in the last 30 days. That counts views on new videos only, so channels whose older videos keep getting views will earn more than this.
Does every channel earn money from views?
No. A channel has to be in the YouTube Partner Program, which needs 1,000 subscribers plus either 4,000 public watch hours in the last year or 10 million Shorts views in the last 90 days.
Does this include sponsorships and memberships?
No. It estimates ad revenue only. Sponsorships, memberships, merch and affiliate links often earn creators more than ads do.